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(No Model.)

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HECTOR J. MONDOR, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

COMBINATION-TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 491,715, dated February14, 1893.

Application filed $eptember 16, 1892- Serial No. 446,068- .(No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HECTOR J. Mormon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Holyoke, in the county of IIampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombination-Tools; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawings,and to the figures ofreference marked thereon,which form apart of this specification.

Myinvention relates to certain improvements in combination tools andparticularly to that class of such tools which are designed for use bydressmakers and others for drafting garments &c., and its object is toprovide a tool of a cheap construction and convenient form wherein shallbe combined a tracing or pinking wheel, a tape measure, a pencil and aknife or eraser, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In order that my improvements may be the better understood, I haveillustrated in the accompanying drawings a combination tool constructedaccording to my invention, in which drawings Figure 1 is a view of thecombination tool complete and Fig.2 is a longitudinal axial section ofthe same. Fig. 3 is a view of the several parts of the tool detached andFig. 4 is a View showing the position of the knife when in use.

In the views the handle is shown as composed of two parts or sections 1and 2, which are secured together by means of a hollow shaft 3, whichpasses through a longitudinal recess formed in the respective sectionsand extendsthe entire length of each. Thus it will be seen that thehandle is hollow from one end to the other, and in the end of the hollowat one end of the handle, in the portion 1 as seen in Fig. 2, is secureda tracing or pinking wheel 4 of a well known construction, said wheelhaving a shank engaging said recess and being held in place therein byfriction or by means of a cap as clearly seen in the drawings.

One of the portions 2 of the handle is reduced or cut away at 5 nearlyinto the shaft 3 at its end adjacent the section 1, whereby an annularrecess is formed between the two sections. A flat sheet metal hoop orband 6, encircles the ends of the two sections 1 and 2 and slightlyoverlaps both of them, whereby the annular recess formed by cutting awaythe forward end of the section 2 is closed. This hoop or band 6 isrigidly secured at its other edge to the section 1 of the handle and hasformed in it a narrow transverse slit or opening 7. A tape measure 8 ofany kind and length is secured at its inner end to the reduced portion 5of the section 2 of the handle and has its other end passed through theslit 7 in the band 6v beyond which slit it is provided with a suitablebinding or ring to be grasped by the fingers. Thus it will be seen thatthe section 2 of the handle which is loose on the shaft 3 forms a spoolor reel on which the tape measure 8 may be wound by rotating saidsection on the shaft. The other end of the hollow shaft 3 opposite thetracing wheel forms a convenient socket for the reception of a pencil 9as seen in Fig. 2, which pencil I prefer to mount in a holder 10 havingan annular projecting rib or flange formed on its end to prevent it frombeing pushed into the hollow of the shaft too far, and the interior ofthis holder 10 at one end may be provided with screw threads.

12 is an eraser or knife blade provided with an enlarged and roundedshank 13, having an annular circumferential flange 14 about its end, thescrew threaded portion of said shank being adapted to screw into thescrew threaded end of the pencil holder 10 as will be readilyunderstood, whereby when theknife blade 12 is not in use it may behoused within said pencil holder. WVhen it is desired to use the knifeit will be seen that it is only necessary to remove it from the pencilholder 10 and after reversing, secure it therein, pushing the plain endof the shank 13 into the end of the pencil holder until the flange 14abuts against the end thereof as seen in Fig. at. Or if desired in orderto secure a better hold upon the knife it maybe set in the end of thehollow shaft instead of in the end of the pencil holder. It will be alsoseen that the device can be arranged so that the pencil will stay in thetool by setting the knife in the pencil.

In making the combination tool as above described,l prefer to form thesections 1 and 2 of the handle of wood and enamel them in black orotherwise ornament them, while the band 6 and the other metallic partswill be plated with nickel or other bright metal to give a properappearance. A

My improved combination tool presents many advantages of chea-pness andgeneral utility over other devices heretofore devised for the purposesfor which it isintended, since it combines in a simple and convenientform the four parts which have heretofore, so far as I am aware, onlybeen used separately, whereby great annoyance andinconveuience arecaused by dropping or mislaying one or several of them. Further itwillbe seen that my invention is capable of many changes and alterations inconstruction and arrangement and for that reason I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise construction herein shown.For instance, it is evident that the section 1 of the handle and theband 6 may be formed in one piece, by simply turning out or otherwiserecessiug the end of said section and forming the opening 7 in the wallthereof leading into said recess. This construction may in some cases bedeemed advisable though I prefer that above described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim;-- I

1. In combination, a handle composed of two sections, each provided witha longitudinal recess, a hollow shaft mounted in said recesses, one ofsaid sections havinga reduced portion and the other section havingacavity in its end to receive the reduced portion of the other sectionand an opening in its wall leading into said cavity, a tape measuresecured at one end to said reduced portion and having its other endpassed through the opening in the other section, one end of said handlebeing adapted to receive a tracing wheel in said hollow, and the otherend being adapted to receive a lead pencil, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a two part handle, one part of which is axiallyrotatable relatively to the other part, and one of said parts beingprovided with a perforated annular band, and the other part having areduced portion fitting within said band and formingtherewith acavity,and a tape m'easurein said cavity secured to the reduced portionat one end, and projecting through the perforation of the band at theother end, one end-of said handle being adapted to receive a tracingwheel and the other end being adapted 'to receivea lead pencil,substantially as set forth.

' In testimony whereof I affix m ysignatu re in presence of twowitnesses.

HECTOR J. MONDOR. Witnesses:

OPHIR E. GENEST, GUsrAvn DUoHAaMs.

